Tooth-brush holder.



J. A. KELLER.

TOOTH BRUSH HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED APR.2I. |917.

Patented Apr. 9, 1918 4 noooonoo .unnonono` L LI I,

, plate 14 superpose thereon. screw ,.15`

JOHN A. KELLER,A 0E NEw voEx, N. Y.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 9, 1918..

Application iled April 21, 1917. SerialNo. 163,5'ff'6.v

sanitary holder for tooth brushes, whereby the brush heads will be protected from contamination by dust orby splashing water. when the device is set up `as a .bathroom fixture; to provide a holder in which a number of brushes may be held in small space; and to provide for entering and removing the brushes with facility as well as to securely retain the brushes in position in the holder.

The nature ofthe invention and the advantages thereof will more clearly appear as the descri tion proceeds.

Reference 1s to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of.. this specification in which similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts in all the views, it being understood that the drawings are merely illustrative of one example of the invention.

Figure 1 is a transverse vertical section of a tooth brush holder embodying my invention, the section being indicated by the line lfl, Fig. 2, and showingin side elevation and partly in section a supporting bracket;

Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view on the line 2 2, Fig. l;

Fig. 3 1s a fragmentary view showing portions of the supporting and retaining plates in different posltios from those .shown in' Fig- 2;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective view showing the means for fastening in position the glass dome employed on the holder;v

Fig. '5 is a view similar to Fig. 4 but showing the retaining ring for the glass domein a different position; v Fig. 6 is a transverse vertical section of theparts shown in Fig. 5.

In carrying out my invention in accordance with the illustrated example a disk-like supporting plate `10 is provided and sustained by a bracket. 12 adapted to besecured to a wall or the like at the base thereof by with the supportin plate 10 is a retaining '111g 19 will close the openin screws'll or yequivalent means. Associated.

serves to fxedly secure the plate 10 to the bracket 12 and to revolubly hold the retaining plate 14. The threaded Stem of the screw extends downwardly through a central opening 16 in the plate 10 into the bracket 12, and said Screw adjacent to the head thereof is enlarged to produce a shoulder at the under side which tightly clampsthe plate 10 in position as the screw is turned tightly in the bracket 12. 'Ihe enlarged portion 16a of the screw is accommodated in a central opening 14a in the plate 14 while the head of the screw overlaps said plate 14 permitting the latter to turn relatively to the plate 10 through an angle sufficient to ldck or release the brushes A in a manner as will 2LPPGM'- In the plate 10 an annular series of openings 17 are produced, and at the inner ends thereof smaller complementary openings 17 are formed and communicate therewith b contracted throats. The .larger openings 1 permit of a brush head being entered through the plate from the under slde and the brush then moved radially inward through the contracted throat to the opening 17a so that the brush head `/will have support on the material of the l plate 10 bordering. the smaller openings, said smaller openings. accommodating the handles ofthe brushes and requiring that the brushes be moved radially outward to be withdrawn downwardly through the openings 17. Openingsl 18 are produced in the retaining plate 14 correspondin with the openings 17 and at the inner ends of the openings 18 arcuate complementary openings 19 are proedge of the lateral extension 20 of the opensente'd in Fig.2, thereby loc ing thebrush A, as indicated in said figure, securely in 'ister with the openings 17 so that the outer 17Et as repre-c position. Fig. 3 represents the openings .in-i p the respective plates 10 and 14 in register for the entrance or removal of a brush.

A glass dome 22 is removably held in p0- sition on the supporting plate 10 outside of the plate 14 and within a vertical rim 23 on the plate 10. rlhe Said rim 23 is formed with a slot 24 through which the handle 21 projects. To secure the dome 22 in position a clamp ring 25 is employed adapted to rest on the rim 23. The under side of the ring 25 has a depending flange 26 outside of the rim 23 and on said flange locking tongues 27 are produced projecting downwardly and curving laterally inward. rlhe said tongues 27 are adapted to be entered or removed vertically through slots 28 in the rim 23 and after being entered through the slots 28 the ring 25 may be turned to bring the tongues 27 out of register with the slots and beneath' the edge of the plate 10.

lt will be observed that to produce the contracted throats between the openings 17 and their complementary openings 17, and between the openings 18, 19, ll form lateral projections 29, 30 on the plate14 at said throats and lateral projections 31, 32 on the plate 10. lin the turning of the plate 14 to lock the brushes in position, the projections 29 will instantly be advanced across the throats of the openings 17a, thus insuring against accidental displacement of the brushes by the turning of the plate 14.

ll wish to state in conclusion that although the illustrated example constitutes a practical embodiment of my invention, ll do not limit myself strictly to the mechanical details herein ilustrated, since manifestly the same can be considerably varied without departure from the spirit of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention l claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A brush holder of the character described, including superposed supporting and retaining plates, the said supporting plate having an annular series of openings therein through which brush heads may be entered from the under side, and smaller complementary openings to accommodate the brush handles so that the heads may rest on the bordering material of the plate, said smaller openings communicating with the first openings by a contracted throat, the said retaining plate being mounted to turn and having large openings to be brought into or out of register with the corresponding openings of the supporting plate and also having communicating arcuate openings, the curves of which are struck rasata@ from the aXis of rotation of the retaining plate, said arcuate openings at one end thereof being in radial alinement with the larger openings of the retaining plate and extending at their opposite ends laterally beyond said larger openings so that a side edge thereof will close or open the throats of the smaller openings in the supporting plate to lock or release the brushes by the turning of the retaining plate.

2. A brush holder of the character described including superposed supporting and retaining plates, the latter being adapted to'be turned, said plates having openings through lwhich the brushes may be entered from the underside and smaller openings complementary to the first openings adapted to accommodate the brush handles and retain the brushes in position, the'turning of the retaining plate; serving to lock the brushes in the smaller openings or ref ylease the brushes by closing the communication between said smaller and larger openings, in the supporting plate.

3. lin a brush holder, the combination with a supporting plate, means to sustain the same in position, a retaining plate mounted to turn relatively to the supporting plate and of less diameter, said supporting plate having a vertical rim, a transparent dome resting on the supporting plate between the rim thereof and the retaining plate, and means co-acting with the said rim to hold the dome in position, the said plates having openings adapted to be brought into register by the turning of the retaining plate to permit entrance or removal of the brushes vertically, and having smaller openings radially inward from the iirst openings and communicating therewith, the retaining plate having a contract-ed throat between the openings thereof and said plate being adapted to lock the brushes in the smaller openings of the supporting plate by the yturning of said retaining plate to bring the irst mentioned openings out of register.

4. A brush holder of the character described including relatively movable, superposed supporting and retaining plates, said plates having openings through which the brushes may be entered from the under side and smaller openings complementary to the first openings adapted to accommodate the brush handles and retain the brushes in position, the relative movement of the retaining plate serving to lock the brushes in the smaller openings or release the brushes, by closing the communication between said smaller and larger openings.

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